the_dunk_tank

Since when did it become okay for everyone to just recklessly sprinkle adverbs all over their sentences like they're trying to season their bland speech? I'm looking at you, "literally" abusers. It's "I'm tired," not "I'm literally tired." No one thought you were figuratively tired, Karen! Adverbs, more often than not, add absolutely nothing of value. They’re just these annoyingly redundant, excessively ornamental words that people use to sound more sophisticated or to emphasize something, but they end up making sentences needlessly complicated. And if you’re like me, who prefers things straight to the point, it’s infuriatingly frustrating to deal with.

Let's talk about how confusing adverbs can be. You have words like 'nearly', 'barely', and 'just'. So, if I say, “I just finished my work,” what do I mean? Did I finish it a moment ago, or am I emphasizing the surprise that I finished at all? And then there's “He's pretty smart.” Is he actually smart, or just somewhat smart? It's like the English language decided to go, “Hey! Let’s add words that can ambiguously modify the meaning of other words and create mass confusion!” Why? Just WHY? Can we, for the love of clear communication, make a collective effort to minimize our rampant adverb use? Or at least use them properly? It's not that hard, folks.

(I asked chat gpt to be an angry redditor)